Behind the Scenes: Creating the 2017 Catalog Cover

Raun Edano designs many of the Hero Arts stamps and dies you love, but did you know he also created the beautiful cover of the 2017 Catalog?

We received many kind comments and a few questions about the cover, so we thought it would be fun to give you a behind-the-scenes look at its creation. Here’s Raun with more information and photos!

I used a huge 18 x 24 sheet of watercolor paper. I spread Bubble Gum, Tide Pool, and Pale Tomato inks on the watercolor paper. I then sprayed it with water to make all the ink smear around and then let that dry.

I cut out waves from another piece of watercolor paper to make the border.

The paper I used for the lily pads was the PS640 Pool Layering Paper (the middle shade.) I used the new DI337 Oval Infinity Dies to cut out the shape of the lily pads. I folded the ovals in half and cut the inner folded area to make a more lily pad shape. I also curled the out edge and made inner folds for more dimensional detail.